The Messianic Stage

Time and Redemption in Modern Hebrew Theater
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-914898-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

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How does theater shape the ways in which we understand and experience time and our place in it? This book explores the question by examining the figure of the Messiah and messianic time in modern Hebrew and Israeli theater. Situating theater against the hopes, anxieties and crises of Israeli society and the shift in the temporal imagination that accompanied Zionism, illuminates the political, theological and theatrical signifi cance of time. By analyzing key Jewish and Hebrew plays, the book sheds new light on Israeli culture and on messianic and theatrical temporalities.

Zielgruppe

Researchers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lipshitz, Yair

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Yair Lipshitz is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theatre Arts in Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on the intersections between theater, performance, and Jewish religious traditions.